(WAYNE, Penn.) – Around 200 lots of fine art, period American furniture, decorative accessories and more will be sold at a two-session auction planned for Wednesday, Oct. 21, by Gordon S. Converse & Co. The sale will be held at the Italian-American Club in Wayne, a suburb of Philadelphia located a half-hour due west of the city. The building is located at 301 West Wayne Ave. “Bidders will appreciate the genuine antiques, not reproductions, in this auction,” said Gordon Converse, whose auction house is based in Strafford, Penn., also near ... Read the full story

(Beverly, MA) – Kaminski Auctions’ Early Summer Estates Auction, which took place August 22-23, 2009, attracted bidders both locally in Massachusetts and internationally via phone and live online bidding. The auction featured general antiques and fine art alongside a large selection of nautical collectibles. Consignments hailed from estates spanning Massachusetts to Kaminski’s second location in California. (All prices reflect a 15% buyers premium). Highlighting the sale was a historic rifle originally owned by White Man Runs Him, General George ... Read the full story

(Boston MA) Artfact Live! is pleased to announce that the Alderfer Auction & Appraisal sale of the Jim Mountain Military Historical Collection on September 9, 2009 is available for online bidding exclusively through Artfact Live! The auction offers almost 200 lots including: historical documents, memorabilia and uniforms relating to Dwight D. Eisenhower; swords; flags, photographs; ephemera; and other items related to WWII. If you can’t join the live auction action in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, visit Artfact.com, or its sister site in the UK, ... Read the full story

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – A medium chocolate amber California Clubhouse Whiskey bottle, made circa 1872-74 and one of only nine examples known, soared to $30,240 in an Internet and catalog auction held Aug. 10-21 by American Bottle Auctions (americanbottle.com). The bottle, highly prized by collectors, boasted a fancy monogram in the center, a gorgeous embossing pattern and a 9.5 grading. “Time and time again, when votes are taken for the most desirable western fifth, the California Clubhouse comes out on top,” said Jeff Wichmann of American Bottle ... Read the full story

The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in San Jose is proud to present its signature Annual Fall Art Exhibition and Auction. Now in its 29th year, this comprehensive exhibition of more than 100 art works by someof the hottest artists in the Bay Area opens with a specialmember?only exhibition preview from 5pm to 6pm on Friday, October 2nd. A public reception is scheduled from 6pm to late during the popular South First Friday Gallery Walk in downtown San Jose’s SoFA arts and entertainment district. The exhibition culminates with a live auction of spirited ... Read the full story

Bloomsbury Auctions announces Portrait of the Artists: The Burt Britton Collection at auction on September 24, 2009 at 2:00pm. This private collection of 1,200 refreshingly spontaneous self-portraits offers unique insight into the creative process that will fascinate collectors, curators, biographers, psychologists and the general public alike. How we see ourselves often differs radically from how others do. How might a novelist such as Cormac McCarthy, the jazz pioneer Miles Davis or architect like Frank Gehry depict themselves? Would self portraits by ... Read the full story

Bonhams, one of the three largest international auction houses, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Valelly as Boston and New England Regional Representative. Operating from Beacon Hill, Bonhams Boston provides a local liaison to the firm’s international resources, including specialists versed in all areas of collectibles – from furniture, decorative arts, paintings and jewelry to motorcars, watches and wine. Coming from the financial sector, Ms. Valelly was President of Compagnie Financiere Tradition, Buenos Aires, and later Director of ... Read the full story

H&H set a new world auction record price on Wednesday July 22nd 2009 by selling a 1961 AC Ace 2.6 for £209,000. Hotly contested both on the phone and in the room, the ex-London Motor Show Car soon tore past its pre-sale estimate of £140,000 – £180,000 and is destined for a new life overseas. Attracting almost as much interest, the pretty 1926 Bugatti Type 23 ‘Brescia Modifie’ and handsome 1937 Alvis Speed 25 SB Cross & Ellis Tourer sold to European collectors for a guide price shredding £148,500 and £85,800 respectively. All three ... Read the full story

Preeminent international auction house, RM Auctions, is delighted to announce consignments from two important US collections to its annual Vintage Motor Cars of Hershey event – a magnificent series of motor cars from Cleveland, Ohio’s esteemed Crawford Auto Aviation Museum, a collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society, and over 400 lots of memorabilia from a prominent East Coast collector. These latest consignments have seen the addition of a second day to this year’s auction program – now scheduled for October 8th and 9th – with over ... Read the full story

Bonhams autumn wine sales kick off on 15th September with one of the most interesting and eclectic auctions to have been seen in London in recent times. Amongst the 750 lots will be found such rarities as 1815 Grande Champagne Cognac, 1834 and 1900 Malvasia Madeira, 1870 Sandeman White Port and 1892 Ai-Danil Tokay from the Massandra Collection as well as 1900 Tokaji from Hungary. Old bottles from France include such sought after examples as 1947 Musigny, Vieilles Vignes from de Vogue, 1959 La Tache and a magnum of 1955 Krug. From California there are three ... Read the full story

Nicholls Auction Marketing Group (www.NichollsAuction.com) announces the auction of over 1,400 acres of prime Virginia real estate, according to John Nicholls, president of the company. “We are honored to have been chosen to sell via the auction method of marketing over 1,400 acres of prime Virginia real estate in September,” said Nicholls. “These are some beautiful properties with unlimited development potential, including residential housing, wineries, bed and breakfast, corporate retreats, golf courses, hunting and fishing retreats, ... Read the full story

Bonhams & Goodman auction of Australian and International Fine Art in Melbourne, achieved outstanding results with 106% of the lots sold by value and 87% by volume. These statistics were reminiscent of the bull market of recent years. More than 100 art enthusiasts, dealers and institutional agents crowded the Prahran salerooms. Nine staff manned the telephone bidding tables conducting bids on behalf of many clients unable to attend the auction. Highlights of the evening included Brett Whiteley’s iconic painting, Justine (Bondi) 1986, estimated to ... Read the full story

THE extraordinary furniture and fittings of the home of `Time Lord’, Severin Wunderman, who built up the Gucci watch franchise and owned the Swiss watch brand Corum, will go on sale at Bonhams on September 30th. The magnificent eight-bedroom Chelsea home was his UK base until his untimely death last year at the age of 69. Mr Wunderman also owned a French Chateau in the Cote d`Azur and a penthouse in Los Angeles; but the four-storey Chelsea house was an extension of the man in its physical demonstration of his personality following a brush with lung cancer ... Read the full story

A COLLECTION OF ITEMS relating to important Irish artist Sir William Orpen (1878-1931), discovered in a house in Brighton, will be offered for sale at Bellmans, Wisborough Green, West Sussex as part of their monthly three-day sale that takes place between Wednesday, September 9 and Friday, September 11, 2009. A descendant of Orpen’s companion, Kathleen Fairbanks, is selling the items. ‘A Study of a lady in a hat’ by Orpen (1878-1931) signed and dated 1900 is estimated at £2,000-3,000. After the end of his relationship with his mistress Yvonne (Eve) ... Read the full story

Bonhams saw 80% of lots sold at the 10th anniversary of their Scottish Sale from 18th – 21st August, with prize lots ranging from historical items of royal interest and usual collections of armoury to fine Wemyss porcelain and highly desirable Robert Burns mementos. In the year of “The Home Coming” and Robbie Burns’ 250th anniversary, this sale has been the only one of its kind, dedicated to Scottish art, to actually be held in Scotland itself. Over the last 10 years Bonhams have sold over 10,000 items in this annual sale, totalling a staggering £10 ... Read the full story

With the launch of Heritage Auction Galleries has now placed its bidder-members and followers right in the middle of the American Social Media boom. The recent additions of a Heritage Auction Galleries page on Facebook, where all the latest press releases and pertinent announcements from the company are posted, complimented with frequent updates from Heritage on Twitter.com and daily postings on The Heritage Blog, make it easy for Heritage users to follow the day-to-day media happenings at Heritage Auction Galleries. You can view a compete archive of Heritage ... Read the full story

For the fifth year, Scion auctions off an unprecedented collection of contemporary works to benefit charities and non-profits that support independent artistic expression. The Installation 5 Tour collection features literal and non-literal self-portraits of varying cost by international art luminaries, with 100 percent of the proceeds aiding Creative Capital, the premier national artist support organization (www.creative-capital.org). Audiences around the world can begin bidding Sept. 12 when the Installation Tour auction goes live on ArtNet at ... Read the full story

Concierge Auctions announces a luxury real estate auction of the Froh Heim mansion, a historic landmark property situated on more than 11 acres in Far Hills, New Jersey. Conducted in cooperation with Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty, the auction has no reserve, and no minimum bid is required. The newly restored Froh Heim estate, German for “Happy Home,” features a stone and stucco exterior with Mediterranean-style architecture. It boasts 16 rooms with seven bedrooms and eight and a half baths, along with an array of luxury ... Read the full story

(HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.) – Over 700 lots of fine art, period furniture, decorative accessories and more – most of it fresh-to-the-market merchandise from prominent local estates and collections – will be sold Saturday, Sept. 19, at 9 a.m. by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. It is just the second major auction to be held in the firm’s new gallery, at 620 Cornerstone Court in Hillsborough. Featured will be the estate collection of the late W. Samuel Tarlton, a nationally known art dealer and past co-owner of the upscale Craig and Tarlton, ... Read the full story

Dr Edward Wilson’s first-hand account of one of the greatest and toughest voyages in history will be going under the hammer at Bonhams Exploration and Travel Sale on 16th September at New Bond Street. Made famous by Apsley Cherry-Garrard as The Worst Journey in the World, Wilson’s report tells the story of the Cape Crozier Party’s journey in the midst of the darkness of the 1911 Antarctic winter, as they attempted to unearth some important information about the Emperor Penguin. This item is thought to be the only manuscript of its calibre relating to ... Read the full story